Lead IT Financial Analyst

elliottgroup; Jeannette (Westmoreland County); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Elliott Group seeks an IT Financial Analyst to serve as the financial business partner and control owner for the IT organization’s financial lifecycle, owning annual budgeting, monthly forecasting, and TBM framework adoption.

You will oversee cloud economics, vendor contracts, and cost governance across global IT cost centers, tracking savings initiatives and reporting to CIO/CFO leadership.

Qualifications

• BS degree in Accounting, Economics, or IT-related field.
• MBA or Master's degree in Financial Engineering / Information Systems preferred.
• FinOps Certified Practitioner (FCP), ITIL certification and/or TBM Council training preferred.
• 7+ years of IT financial analysis, FP&A, or technology management experience.
• Experience building IT financial governance from a foundation to forecast-driven practice.
• Specialized IT budget development, cloud unit economics, and TBM modeling experience.

Responsibilities

• Direct the annual global IT budget development and establish formal budget governance.
• Analyze and consolidate cost data, manage variances, and support TBM/FinOps reporting.
• Support the Digital Transformation program with tracking of funding and portfolio value.

Skills

IT financial analysis

FinOps / TBM

Budgeting & forecasting

Vendor management

Microsoft Excel

Oracle EBS

Power BI / Tableau

Education

BS in Accounting/Economics/IT

MBA or Financial Engineering preferred

Tools

Oracle E-Business Suite

Power BI

Tableau

Apptio / Cloudability / Flexera

Job description

Overview & Responsibilities

The IT Financial Analyst serves as the financial business partner and control owner for the IT organization's complete financial lifecycle. This position owns the global annual IT budgeting process for EEE's $41.9M IT OpEx/CapEx portfolio, leads monthly forecasting and variance analysis, and builds the Run - Protect - Innovate cost categorization and Technology Business Management (TBM) framework needed to trace every dollar of IT spend to a business outcome. The role is EEE's financial control point for third-party spend - vendor contracts, telecom, software licensing, and (as cloud adoption grows) multi-cloud consumption - and serves as the financial owner and scorekeeper for EEE's Digital Transformation Program, tracking pilot funding, net value, and portfolio-level return as the program scales from individual pilots into a governed, accountable practice.Using established IT financial management (ITFM), Technology Business Management (TBM), and FinOps practices, the role uses EEE's benchmarks as a baseline for ongoing reporting and performance management. The role tracks results against benchmark-informed targets and business objectives, analyzes cost and consumption variances, identifies structural cost-reduction opportunities, and supports the implementation and Finance validation of initiatives intended to deliver $2.0M to $4.5M in near-to-mid-term savings.

BACKGROUND AND EXPERIENCE

• BS degree in an Accounting, Economics, or IT related field.
• MBA or Master's degree in Financial Engineering / Information Systems preferred.
• FinOps Certified Practitioner (FCP), ITIL certification and/or TBM Council training or certification is preferred.
• 7+ years of experience in IT financial analysis, corporate FP&A, or technology management
• Direct experience building IT financial governance from a foundational or immature state (no formal budget process, ad hoc contract tracking) into a forecast-driven, governed practice is highly preferred.
• Specialized expertise in IT capital/operating budget development, cloud unit economics, and TCO modeling within a multi-site global manufacturing enterprise is strongly preferred
• Prior experience supporting, building, or operating a Technology Business Management program is preferred, including familiarity with the TBM taxonomy, service/product costing, allocation methods, unit economics, and showback/chargeback.
• Intensive knowledge of IT financial engineering, and CapEx/OpEx capitalization rules under IAS 38 for software/cloud deployment - including capitalization of eligible SaaS-implementation labor, cost-of-service (COS) allocation methodology, rate provisioning, and multi-entity global chargeback structures.
• IFRS experience preferred.
• Cloud & FinOps Mastery: Working technical understanding of public/private cloud billing structures, consumption metering, and commercial pricing models across major hyperscalers (AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud).
• Technical & Analytical Tools: Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel and enterprise ERP financial modules - Oracle E-Business Suite specifically (EEE's core financial system).
• Experience with enterprise BI platforms (Power BI, Tableau) and ITFM/FinOps tools such as Apptio, Cloudability, or Flexera.
• Strategic & Negotiation Support: Proven track record evaluating vendor agreements (SaaS, IaaS, software licensing, systems-integrator contracts), negotiating standard protective terms (SLA credits, termination for convenience), identifying underutilized assets, and supporting vendor management during commercial negotiations to capture cost savings.
• Cross-Functional & Cultural Awareness: Strong communication, conflict resolution, and consensus-building skills required to align business process owners, IT architects, and executive finance leaders across diverse, globally dispersed Elliott Group and Ebara Corporation operations.
• Demonstrated ability to synthesize complex IT operational and financial data into concise business language and present actionable findings to CIO/CFO leadership, service owners, and nontechnical stakeholders.

NATURE OF THE JOB

This is a senior staff-level financial engineering and analytical position - and, initially, a foundational build role. EEE's IT budget process today consists of a single spreadsheet with no formal categorization, contract calendar, or forecasting discipline, so the incumbent's first mandate is building that foundation before shifting into steady-state optimization. The four principal activities that define this role are:

Directing and Controlling: Directing the annual global IT budget development; building the formal budget process, contract/renewal calendar, and Run - Protect - Innovate categorization that do not exist today; controlling project and operational spend variance across global IT cost centers; and administering corporate cloud FinOps rate cards and chargeback mechanisms as they come online.

Analyzing and Consolidating: Collecting, m